Licenses

As of Aug. 2006 New Jersey was the only state to require a boat license as far as I know.

New Jersey Boating License:
In Jan. 2006 NJ passed a law [section 2 of P.L. 1987,c.453 (c: 12:7-61)]
requiring a mandatory boating safety course and get a Boating Safety Certificate before operating a power vessel, including a personal watercraft. By dates as follows:

a. By persons born after December 31, 1978;

b. Before June 1, 2006 - By persons born after December 31, 1968 and on or before December 31, 1978;

c. Before June 1, 2007 - By persons born after December 31, 1958 and on or before December 31, 1968;

d. Before June 1, 2008 - By persons born after December 31, 1948 and on or before December 31, 1958;

Former address (your address at the time the NJ certificate was issued if different from your current address).

Hair color, eye color, date of birth.

Photocopy of the front and back of your drivers license.

Photocopy of your birth certificate if you do not have a drivers license.

Your telephone number with area code

Photocopy of the "pink" copy of the NJ certificate application if you have it. Make sure it is legible by tracing over the information that may be too light to copy well. This is the copy of the application you received when completing the USPS course.

Photocopy of the USPS Certificate of Accomplishment that you received when completing the course.